Re: Session Number

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17131
interpreted = N
texte = >As well as the shopping cart I would like to have a session number >follow users around the site (max integer is 99). I am aware that I >could just use the last two digits of the cart number but if I did that, >it is possible that two people could be going around the site with the >same session number.This is indeed why cart numbers are so large, to guarantee uniqueness. You will always run the risk of having two people with the same session number, no matter how you dole them out. But I don't know your situation, so maybe that's OK in your case.I would start with a page counter concept (like MasterCounter from our examples page), and modify it slightly so that when the counter hits 99 it gets reset back to 0.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Session Number (Peter Ostry 1998)
  2. Re: Session Number (Grant Hulbert 1998)
  3. Session Number (Paul Keen 1998)
>As well as the shopping cart I would like to have a session number >follow users around the site (max integer is 99). I am aware that I >could just use the last two digits of the cart number but if I did that, >it is possible that two people could be going around the site with the >same session number.This is indeed why cart numbers are so large, to guarantee uniqueness. You will always run the risk of having two people with the same session number, no matter how you dole them out. But I don't know your situation, so maybe that's OK in your case.I would start with a page counter concept (like MasterCounter from our examples page), and modify it slightly so that when the counter hits 99 it gets reset back to 0.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Grant Hulbert

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